“Shutter”
Film was directed by ‘Joy
Mathew’, his first venture, was really enjoyable and conveys certain social
responsibility messages. I watch the movie at Sree Padmanabha theatre. Being an
IFFK competition movie the director was welcomed to the dais in front of the
screen. Along with his crew he briefly gave an introduction note to his cinema.
It was the first
festival (17th) Malayalam movie of me. The background of the story
was Kozhikode town. Simple narration with no exaggeration was the highlight of
the movie. The character Rasheed was struck inside a shutter with a prostitute,
for two nights and one day nearby to his home. The story narrates the way in
which he tries to escape. He understood the realities of life inside the
shutter and all his misconceptions were changed. The movie was warmly welcomed
by the IFFK audience. It was my first experience that a Malayalam film is gaining
this much of support from delegates of IFFK.
“The
Ring”
The inaugural film of
17th IFFK was “The Ring”, a silent movie directed by the pioneer
film maker ‘Alfred Hitchcock’, gave me a new experience. It was played at the
Nishagandhi open theatre, with a background music played under the leadership
of famous saxophonist Soweto Kinch. A triangle love story was the theme of the
movie and Boxing was the background.
I have seen only
Chaplin’s film among silent films, that’s why it gives me a new experience. Jack
gets back his love in a Ring where he lost it. After the movie I compared the
contemporary movie with past one and its varied treatments.
“ID”
Directed by ‘Kamal.K.M’,
narrates the story of an accidental incidents of a woman’s life, on the
background of Mumbai. The film focused on the rushes of Mumbai urban life and
the problem affected by inter-state migrant workers. Charu, a job seeker,
searches for an unknown worker identity in the city. The worker was accidently
died inside Charu’s house during a work. The picture depicts the human considerations of an Women, which is lacking for the society nowadays.
“When
I saw you”
A Palestinian film
directed by ‘Annemarie Jacir’, was describing the various issues faced by
Palastenians, due the insurgencies made by the Israelis. Tariq, an eleven year
boy is the centre figure of the movie. He lost his father in a revolt. Then he
joins with a revolutionary group. And he became an activist of the group.
Ultimately revolts will
leads to social insecurities to the children’s and to the family was the message
of the movie. I like it very much.
“18
Days”
The movie was the
culmination 10 short movies on the basis of Egyptian Democratic revolt. It
includes ten films of ten different directors remember me about ‘Kerala Cafe’.
Among them I like the movie ‘Revolution Cookies’. It was the first film I saw
in the 17th IFFK.
‘Retention’ was the
first movie; it tells that there is a possibility for a revolt. The last movie;
‘Ashraf Seberto’ narrates the story of a Barber who helps the injured, was
really nice. Rebellion, it’s acceptance by the public, love, life, relations
all comes under one purview in different manners in a single platform.
“Ivan’s
Woman”
It’s a Chilean movie,
delving into the life of two persons, Ivan and his Woman (Natalia). I watch the
movie at Sree Padmanabha theatre. The movie was directed by Francisca Silva.
Natalia was under the House arrest of Ivan. But at any stage of the story, how
she came under his custody is not telling.
She uses her sexual
feelings before Ivan to make an escape from the hands of Ivan. And finally she
escapes. Urge for freedom by a woman is the basic theme of the movie.
“My
universe in lower case”
Mexico City, the
densely populated city of the world, is the background of the movie. A Spanish
girl searches for her house in the city, which she was resided with her father
in her childhood days. ’37 Juarus street’, the only address belongs to her. But
she realizes that there where many Juarus streets in the city.
Finally she reaches the
destination and made her childhood remembrances. Increase in the density of
population in urban areas and the lack of nostalgic life is the message from
the film directed by ‘Hatuey Viveros’.
“Caeser
Must Die”
A theatre workshop at
Rabibian jail of Rome, on the basis of Shakespeare’s drama “Julias Caesar”, is
the background of the movie directed by ‘Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani’. The prisoners
utilize the workshop with utmost pleasure. It was a different treatment, and
confuses me that the importance to be given to drama or to the film.
At the end of the drama
in the movie, the actors got a warm welcome from the audiences. I felt that
these kinds of initiatives in our jails will re-deploy the criminal to a new
person with newer areas.
“A
Woman’s Tale”
The movie was directed by ‘Paul Cox’. It tells
about the story of the dancer “Sheela Florance”. And the theme of the movie was
ageing. Ageing is not a social problem it’s a question of social security that’s
what film intended to do.
The entire movie
depicts the sorrow and loneliness of the age old woman.
“Beyond
the Hills”
The picture was
directed by “Critian mungiu”, narrates the story of Orthodox Nuns of Romania.
Voichitha and Alina are childhood orphanage friends. They were separated years
ago. And now Voichitha is a nun. Alina badly needs Voichita’s care, so she intentionally
comes to the convent. After the entrance of Alina the ambience of the convent
has broken up.
After a long struggle,
for her friends care she dies at the church. Christian orthodoxy, Nature, Climate,
love, concern all played their roles well in the movie.
